醫(yī)生利用3D技術打印腎臟 成功協(xié)助拯救女子器官

Doctors use 3-D printed kidney to help save woman's organ

醫(yī)生利用3D技術打印腎臟 成功協(xié)助拯救女子器官

A team of doctors and scientists used a 3-D printed kidney to help save a patient’s organ during a complicated tumor-removal operation. The 3-D model proved vital for doctors at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City as it allowed them to carefully plan and practice the procedure, Science Daily reported.

在一項復雜的腫瘤切除手術中，一組醫(yī)生和科學家小組利用3D技術打印出的一個腎臟拯救了病人的器官。據科學日報報道，該3D模型對鹽湖城山間醫(yī)療中心的醫(yī)生來說至關重要，因為它使醫(yī)生們得以仔細計劃并進行手術實踐。

Patient Linda Green’s tumor was near an artery, veins and the ureter, meaning that doctors would have to take extra precautions during extraction. Dr. Jay Bishoff, director of Intermountain Medical Center Urological Institute and Dr. Talmadge Shill, a radiologist, used CT scans to produce a 3-D model of Green’s kidney.

病人Linda Green的腫瘤位于動脈、靜脈和輸尿管附近，這意味著醫(yī)生在摘除過程中需要采取額外的預防措施。山間醫(yī)療中心泌尿研究所主任Jay Bishoff博士和放射科醫(yī)生Talmadge Shill博士用CT掃描制作了病人Green 的腎臟的一個3D模型。

The organ was presented in two halves so Bishoff could determine how the tumor was attached to the kidney, Science Daily reported. During analysis, Bishoff detected a small nub that wasn’t detected on previous scans.

據科學日報報道，該器官被分兩半部分呈現，這使得Bishoff可以確定腫瘤是如何附著在腎臟上的。分析期間，Bishoff檢測到一個之前掃描沒有被檢測到的小腫瘤。

"Without the 3-D model, the visual images of the CT scans would not have allowed us to identify this rub prior to surgery," Bishoff told Science Daily. "The 3-D printing technology allowed us to prepare a more complete plan for the patient’s surgery, show the patient the complexities of the procedure and what would be done during the surgery to remove the tumor and save the kidney."

“假如沒有3D模型，僅用CT掃描影像我們在手術之前不會查出這個小腫瘤，“Bishoff告訴《科學日報》。“3D打印技術允許我們?yōu)椴∪说氖中g準備一個更完善的計劃，告訴病人手術的復雜性以及在拯救腎臟、切除腫瘤手術中會做些什么。”

Bishoff told Science Daily that while 3-D printing is in its early stages, it will help improve patient care.

Bishoff告訴《科學日報》，雖然3D打印技術仍在發(fā)展初期，但它仍將幫助提升醫(yī)療水平。